jflex (1) Linux Manual Page
jflex – a lexical analyzer generator (also known as scanner generator) for Java
Synopsis
jflex <options> <input-files>Description
JFlex is a lexical analyzer generator (also known as scanner generator) for Java(tm), written in Java(tm). It is also a rewrite of the very useful tool JLex. JFlex is designed to work together with the LALR parser generator CUP, and the Java modification of Berkeley Yacc BYacc/J. It can also be used together with other parser generators like ANTLR or as a standalone tool.Options
- -d <directory>
- write generated file to <directory>
- –skel <file>
- use external skeleton <file>
- –switch, –table, –pack
- set default code generation method
- –jlex
- strict JLex compatibility
- –nomin
- skip minimization step
- –nobak
- don’t create backup files
- –dump
- display transition tables
- –dot
- write graphviz .dot files for the generated automata (alpha)
- –verbose, -v
- display generation progress messages (default)
- –quiet, -q
- display errors only
- –time
- display generation time statistics
- –version
- print the version number of this copy of jflex
- –info
- print system + JDK information
- –help, -h
- print this message